Originally published in the Today’s Parent November/December 2020 issue. Recipe excerpted from Dinner, Uncomplicated: Fixing a Delicious Meal Every Night of the Week by Claire Tansey. Published by Page Two Books, Inc. (Sept. 15, 2020). Photo by Suech and Beck.
Pasta fagioli
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Makes
2 to 3 servings

Photo: Suech and Beck
Add tiny pasta shapes and tomato paste to some batch-cooked beans for a classic rustic Italian dish.
Ingredients
- 4 cups Brothy Bean recipe , (thawed)
- 156-mL can tomato paste
- 1 cup small pasta , (such as ditalini)
- extra-virgin olive oil
- grated Parmesan
Instructions
- Gently stir Brothy Beans (thawed) with a tomato paste in a medium pot. Heat over medium until simmering gently, crushing the carrots, celery and garlic that are in the beans.
- In a separate pot, cook small pasta (such as ditalini) in boiling, salted water, until just tender. Drain, then add to the bean mixture and simmer for 1 minute.
- Serve drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil and grated Parmesan.
Brothy bean recipe
Get the Brothy Bean recipe here.